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Final Fantasy Epic Chapter 1; The First Canto
Topic Started: Apr 13 2008, 11:47 PM (19,886 Views)
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Kupek looked at the paper, reading it over a few times to make sure his brain wasn't playing tricks on him. Finally, he looked back up to Z, then down to the image on the paper, then up to Z again.

He opened his mouth to speak, but his jaw had become too heavy to close. Instead, he looked to Rai and let out a squeek.
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Faris leaned over Mac's shoulder, also scanning the page over page before glancing back up at Mac. "And they want him to join our team...?" The Viera shook her head and wrapped her arms around Micerhin's shoulders, "I think you're the better choice."
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"Well, there certainly can't be any bias in your words, now can there?" Mac teased slightly, smirking, "Besides, if he's done that much stuff... he's got to have at least some skills. I mean, Piracy's not exactly easy..."

A pause.

"...not that I'd know about that..."
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"Well, there certainly can't be any bias in your words, now can there?"

The Viera smirked and rested her chin onto his shoulder, keeping her arms wrapped around him. There was no argument to be made, she was bias towards her new companion.

"Besides, if he's done that much stuff... he's got to have at least some skills. I mean, Piracy's not exactly easy... ...not that I'd know about that..."

The silver haired woman closed her visible eye and puffed her cheeks up. "You're not really helping yourself here, you know..." she mumbled into his ear before blowing into it lightly.
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"Piracy?" "Z" asked, blinking, as he looked at the wanted poster. "That was so not piracy. Just because I took someone's money while we were on a ship..."
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"You're not really helping yourself here, you know..."

"...just consider it extra experience that further establishes me as worth keeping around?" Mac asked hopefully, shivering slightly as she teased him, "After all, it takes a thief to catch one..."
Sliding a hand behind her head, he scratched experimentally behind one of Feras' ears, curious...

"Piracy? That was so not piracy. Just because I took someone's money while we were on a ship..."

"...well, I..." Mac found himself at a loss for words, not exactly sure if 'Z' was joking around, completely serious... or completely stupid.
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Kupek finally found the strength to speak, and said "Wha...what on Gaia were you doing pretending to be a priest, Kupo?"

Thinking for a second, he added in a lower tone, "...or were you a nun?"
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"...just consider it extra experience that further establishes me as worth keeping around? After all, it takes a thief to catch one..."

Faris chuckled slightly before deeply purring as Mac scratched at one of her ears. A dark blush erupted across her face and she quickly batted the man's hand away. "Not here..." she purred again softly, "Later..."

The Viera looked back up at the man, who the group had dubbed "Z" and quickly glanced away. There was something bad hovering around him, and Faris was pretty sure it wasn't just the really bad smell he had.

"Hey, kid..." she looked over toward "Z", "Do you think maybe you'd like something to drink to sober you up?"
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"Not here... Later..."

"That's a promise, then," Mac whispered, again just for her.

"Do you think maybe you'd like something to drink to sober you up?"

"Unfortunately..." Mac muttered softly, keeping at least one eye on 'Z' to make sure nothing... strange... happened, "I've yet to come across a cure for being drunk off your ass. More booze might make him a little more... coherent... but it's got just as high a chance of making him worse."
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"...well, I..."

"Hey," he said, pointing at the man in the long coat and wobbling a little, "when a government commissions you to rob someone at sea, it's called privateering. It's only piracy when you do it without an official sanction. Get your facts straight."

"Wha...what on Gaia were you doing pretending to be a preist, Kupo? ...or were you a nun?"

"Naw, I was a priest," he responded, before leaning back in his chair and grinning. "Good times."

"Hey, kid...do you think maybe you'd like something to drink to sober you up?"

Now he picked up the tankard and raised it. "If I wanted to be sober, I wouldn't be drinkin' in the first place, now would I?" That said, he took another swig, one that seemed entirely too long for a human being.
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"Unfortunately... I've yet to come across a cure for being drunk off your ass. More booze might make him a little more... coherent... but it's got just as high a chance of making him worse."

"He couldn't be any worse that he is now, right?" she pause and continued to watch "Z" as he pulled up a drink.

"If I wanted to be sober, I wouldn't be drinkin' in the first place, now would I?"

"Then again, maybe if we give him enough to drink he'll pass out again." she grumbled quietly.
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"...a plan with no drawbacks, I see." Mac laughed softly, "Although... I don't think I've seen anyone drink that much without dropping dead..."
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Faris couldn't help but pout at Mac's words and she quickly glanced away. The silver haired woman decided maybe it wasn't greatest of plans but she didn't like the drunken man's comment. It felt like he was picking on her, but she highly doubted that. After all, the Viera had really just met the man.

She pressed her face into Mac's shoulder again. "So, what do we do now?" she mumbled quietly against him.
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Landing on a barstool to rest his wings, Kupek simply sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well, the poster doesn't have your name, kupo. Just a nickname; 'Crimson Blade'. Seems like it'd be hard to say that in a pinch though, kupo."

Kupek was overtly avoiding reading aloud the larger words at the bottom of the page. He instead coughed into his hand, and looked to the others hoping for help, which was clearly written on his face.
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"Well, the poster doesn't have your name, kupo. Just a nickname; 'Crimson Blade'. Seems like it'd be hard to say that in a pinch though, kupo."

"Never liked that nickname," "Z" said as he glanced at the poster. "Makes me sound all violent and stuff. I'm a lover, not a fighter." He appended this last comment with a wink at the Viera woman.
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Faris gave a slight eye roll when she heard "Z" last comment and hugged Mac a little tighter as a result.
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Kai looked silently to the exchanges between the stranger and his companions...

Then shrugged... "Drinking too much is bad for your liver, mr no name..." He said quietly... "But I wont be the young one that question the way of a more experienced man..."
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"...Impersonating a member of the Clergy?" Dani asked, incredulously. "You did that just to have it on the list, didn't you?" She paused a moment. "Then again, I guess most people don't do it that way..."
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"So, what do we do now?"

Kissing her on the forehead to let the Vieria know he was just joking slightly and that things were good, Mac said, "Well, we cou..."

"I'm a lover, not a fighter."

Letting out a low laugh, Micerhin shook his head slowly at Z's words, "...ok, in this case, I think more of the drink would just be a disaster waiting to happen. A big one."
Raising an eyebrow, Mac smiled softly as his Vieria (or was he, hers? He did make that promise...) held him tighter in responce to Z's wink. "Hey..." he spoke softly, "I don't think I'm about to go anywhere..."

"...Impersonating a member of the Clergy?"

"At least I never sank that low..." Mac grinned slightly, "...although, I'm sure our sloshed friend here has some sort of reason for doing so."
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"How many times is this now?"

Rai had stared down at the paper that 'Z' had offered... And just like the others, he was equally confused and even a bit disturbed. Was this drunken guy really capable of doing all of these things? Looking at the part that noted piracy, he narrowed his eyes and took a step back. He looked back at Kupek, who seemed just as lost for words as he did...

Everyone else seemed to try conversing with the man, or were conversing amongst one another. Uncrossing his arms, the Fighter pointed to his tankard. "Alright, I think you've had more than enough to drink for one day. If you're going to be coming along with us, you won't be effective while intoxicated." he spoke.
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"Sorry," Lufia said to Kupek as the Moogle was tickled, "I just couldn't resist anymore. It looked soooo fluffy."

When "Z" made his introduction, the White Mage just stood and listened, leaning on the handle of her hammer once again.

"Wanted... But no bounty on the paper?" she then questioned as she read the poster, "That's kinda weird. Also, I wonder if Esuna can cure intoxication..."
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"...Impersonating a member of the Clergy? You did that just to have it on the list, didn't you? Then again, I guess most people don't do it that way..."

"At least I never sank that low...although, I'm sure our sloshed friend here has some sort of reason for doing so."


"If you knew the situation I was in, you wouldn't be questioning it," he replied with a wobble.

"Alright, I think you've had more than enough to drink for one day. If you're going to be coming along with us, you won't be effective while intoxicated."

"Z" waved his tankard again, spilling a little mead. "I fight better when I'm drunk, you know."

"Wanted... But no bounty on the paper? That's kinda weird. Also, I wonder if Esuna can cure intoxication..."

"I asked the guy who had me put up for bounty about that," he responded. "He said they couldn't get a good estimate of how much damage I had caused to figure out an appropriate bounty...or something like that. I dunno, he was a little busy running away and calling for the guards."
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"How many times is this now?"

"I fight better when I'm drunk, you know."

"If you say so..." Rai shrugged, stepping away from the drunken man with the tankard, before turning around. Somehow, he couldn't believe a word this man said, whether it was about how he fought better drunk, or whether a guard was running away from him while calling others. However, that last bit did sound a bit suspicious...

Leaning over towards Kupek, Raidou whispered. "I dunno... I'm starting to question his usefulness. I think me and you are going to need to keep a close eye on him, lest he get himself killed."
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"Hey... I don't think I'm about to go anywhere..."

The bunny woman blushed slightly and loosened his grip on Mac but didn't let him go. "I know but..." she felt that unease again, and it suddenly felt foolish to voice her thoughts on "Z". Shaking her head, Faris straightened herself up.

"At least I never sank that low... ...although, I'm sure our sloshed friend here has some sort of reason for doing so."

"If you knew the situation I was in, you wouldn't be questioning it,"


The Viera made a face and shook her head again. "It must have been a pretty desperate situation to do something like that." she sighed quietly and lowered her voice. "That doesn't make it right that he did it though."
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The moogle watched the others jump into the conversation, then leaned closer to Rai when he spoke. His ear twitched as he listened.

"I dunno... I'm starting to question his usefulness. I think me and you are going to need to keep a close eye on him, lest he get himself killed."

Kupek nodded quickly, and responded quietly, "Sounds like a plan, kupo. Should we involve the mages?" He looked over to Dani and Lufia, then back to Rai once more.
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